linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: fix unwind_frame() for filtered out fn for function graph tracing

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Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:29:19 +0530
From:   Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: fix unwind_frame() for filtered out fn for
 function graph tracing



On Wednesday 13 September 2017 08:12 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:54:28AM +0100, James Morse wrote:
>> Hi Pratyush,
>>
>> On 01/09/17 06:48, Pratyush Anand wrote:
>>> do_task_stat() calls get_wchan(), which further does unbind_frame().
>>> unbind_frame() restores frame->pc to original value in case function
>>> graph tracer has modified a return address (LR) in a stack frame to hook
>>> a function return. However, if function graph tracer has hit a filtered
>>> function, then we can't unwind it as ftrace_push_return_trace() has
>>> biased the index(frame->graph) with a 'huge negative'
>>> offset(-FTRACE_NOTRACE_DEPTH).
>>>
>>> Moreover, arm64 stack walker defines index(frame->graph) as unsigned
>>> int, which can not compare a -ve number.
>>>
>>> Similar problem we can have with calling of walk_stackframe() from
>>> save_stack_trace_tsk() or dump_backtrace().
>>>
>>> This patch fixes unwind_frame() to test the index for -ve value and
>>> restore index accordingly before we can restore frame->pc.
>>
>> I've just spotted arm64's profile_pc, which does this:
>>  From arch/arm64/kernel/time.c:profile_pc():
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
>>> 	frame.graph = -1; /* no task info */
>>> #endif
>>
>> Is this another elaborate way of hitting this problem?
>>
>> I guess the options are skip any return-address restore in the unwinder if
>> frame.graph is -1. (and profile_pc may have a bug here). Or, put
>> current->curr_ret_stack in there.

I think we should go with latter, ie assign frame.graph = 
current->curr_ret_stack in profile_pc().

>>
>> profile_pc() always passes tsk=NULL, so the unwinder assumes its current...
>> kernel/profile.c pulls the pt_regs from a per-cpu irq_regs variable, that is
>> updated by handle_IPI ... so it looks like this should always be current...
> 
> Hmmm... is profile_pc the *only* case where frame->graph isn't equal to
> tsk->curr_ret_stack in unwind_frame? If so, maybe unwind_frame should just

Yes, it is the only place.

> use that, and we could kill the graph member of struct stackframe completely?
> 

Humm, not sure, we initialize frame->graph out of the while loop in 
unwind_frame()'s caller and then keep in decrementing it in looped function.

-- 
Regards
Pratyush